After a crushing loss to the Orlando Magic, the San Antonio Spurs look to get back on track and start a new winning streak as they face the Washington Wizards tonight in San Antonio — a place that has been unkind to the Wizards.

To talk about the matchup, I turn to fellow NBA blogger here at Bloguin Joe from Wizards Extreme — the only place Wizards and NBA fans should go to for all things Wizards.

In this Q&A, Joe talks about the Wizards’ recent trade, the recent incident between two Wizards’ players, tonight’s game and more. To read the Q&A I did with Joe over at Wizards Extreme click HERE.

Jeff: Obviously I have to ask you about the trade. Losing Arenas was kind of the obvious seeing how John Wall is a rising, young star. Likes, dislikes and how does if impact the Wizards season?

Joe: We all knew that the Gilbert Arenas – Washington Wizards marriage was coming to an end, but its another thing to actually finally see it come true. I think at first a lot of Wizards fans were torn, but understood it had to be done, and then you have those that were happy to see him leave. Our website was dominated by those wanting Arenas gone while those of us who cover the team, namely Asad and Matt Naqvi as well as myself were left to think of what was Bullets/Wizards basketball before Gilbert got here, what we had while he was tearing up the league, and now what we are left with.

Speaking for myself and not for the whole, I’m actually at this point indifferent to the trade. You basically traded two former max players whose skills have declined so much since they signed their respective deals that they are now solely looked at as contractual numbers instead of value they can bring to their new teams. When the first question a fanbase asks upon the arrival of a new team member is “when does his contract come off the books”, I think you can get a solid understanding that we’re not looking to get a whole hell of a lot out of our newest Wizard, Rashard Lewis.

I wish Gilbert the best of luck and an injury free career, will remember him for the great plays he made, and at the end of the day hope the Magic destroy the Heat.

As far as the impact on the Wizards, this accelerates the rebuild process. Our young guys, namely, Nick Young, is going to now have the chance to play starter minutes and show what he’s got as evidence by his 22.17 ppg average since Arenas departed. We are all now looking forward to getting Wall healthy and on the court with Young to see what kind of chemistry these two athletic freaks can put together.

Aside from the trade, seems there is some internal dysfunction with the Wizards’ JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche getting into a scuffle at a Washington D.C. night spot. What is the latest on this?